London was thrown into a mass panic this morning when plummeting temperatures caused a dusting of ice-like crystals to drift from the sky. A hurried press release from the Meterological Office confirmed that the substance was in fact ‘snow’, which apparently falls every year in …
Boris cycling to work, his unruly hair squashed under a precariously-balanced helmet, was one of the images of last year’s mayoral election campaign. And now the self-confessed ‘peddler of pedal power’ is launching his much-trumpeted cycle-hire scheme across the zone one area. The proposed scheme …
Well, you didn’t think he’d just sit back and retire, did you? In an attempt to rally all of the many vested interests who oppose Boris Johnson’s conservative mayorship, Ken Livingstone has launched a new coalition to provide an alternative vision for London – called, logically …
Actually, that’s an exaggeration. No actual terror has been reported. But a group of pensioners who congregate on the benches in the middle of the Horning Close Estate in Mottingham have been issued a warning by the local housing association – keep the racket down, or …
Eastenders may only have paid lip service to London’s big Polish community (Erik, anyone?), but the Polish ex-pat population will soon have a TV series of their very own, thanks to a new show being created for Polish channel TVP1. Londynczycy, which was largely filmed …
Ridley Road Market’s metrically-challenged patrons can breathe a sigh of relief: one of its fruit and veg sellers has avoided incarceration for using imperial scales, after she was given a conditional discharge for breaking the Weights and Measures act. Janet Devers, 64, had been making …
Those of you who are blind to the delights of the modern art world will be relieved to hear that the Tate Modern is thinking of you. Next time you are reluctantly dragged down to a blockbuster exhibition, you can ditch your date and have …
Attention all Cash in the Attic fans: sifting through junk shops is now officially the only sure-fire way of beating the credit crunch. A Claret jug valued at just £100 in a local auction house in Somerset has just fetched over £3m at auction. The …
There’s already a Chinatown, a Little Portugal and huge Bangladeshi, Indian, Turkish and Afro-Caribbean areas in the city, to name but a few. But faced with such a melting-pot of international communities, the Welsh need to raise their profile in the capital, according to Wales …
Cancel that reservation at the Ivy: we don’t care if you had to wait 6 months and perform unspeakable sexual favours to get it. Zagat’s guide to eating in the capital has just been published – and it rates Wagamama the most popular restaurant in London. …
